Russia is investing huge amounts of capital to support its pivot to Asia, with massive road, rail, maritime, and air connectivity projects, as well as giant energy infrastructure projects, all underway. Russia aims to boost exports by increasing foreign infrastructure construction support by 13 times. Discover investment opportunities in Russian infrastructure. Analysis of key projects in transport, logistics, and energy. A vital resource for construction, finance, and engineering firms.
The world’s first cross-border cableway, which will connect Russia and China and stretch across the Amur (Heilongjiang) river, will cost more than ₽13 billion (US$164 million) according to the latest projections, according to Ekaterina Kuzmina, the CEO of the Agency for the Development of Project Initiatives (ARPI). Kuzmina said that “Right now, the total project […]
Russian Railways (RZD) sees potential to extend the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to Africa and is also studying railway projects in a number of African countries, RZD first deputy CEO Sergei Pavlov has stated. He was speaking at the State Duma during a meeting of the expert council for the development and support of […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a buffer zone with Ukraine and has enlisted numerous Russian Ministries and regions of Russia to assist construct in ‘in the shortest possible time’. Putin stated that the Russian Ministries of defence, interior, emergency situations, construction, health, transport, energy, communications, education and other authorities […]
Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources plans to propose introducing a 1.5 multiplier for calculating profit tax for geological exploration in onshore Arctic and Far East territories, according to Alexander Kozlov, the natural resources minister. He was speaking at a State Duma session dedicated to the socioeconomic and infrastructure development of the Arctic. The use of […]
Russia’s Rosneft has acquired Vostok Engineering LLC, which holds the license for the Tomtor rare and rare-earth metals (REM) deposits in Yakutia. Tomtor is one of the world’s three biggest REM deposits and is one of the richest in the world in terms of REM content in ore, as well as the world’s largest niobium […]
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Russia hopes to establish a sanctions-proof channel for the supply of petroleum products by building a petroleum product pipeline in the Congo and also to gain the status of a strategic partner in ensuring the energy security of the entire region, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov has stated to the State Duma. Islamov was […]
China has suggested that Russia boost oil supplies via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tonnes per year, and Russia is ready to do this, according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. He was speaking about the protocol on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement approved by the Russian government. Novak clarified that “This is a proposal […]
Russia’s RZD Logistics, in cooperation with Russian Railways (RZD) and partner company Transit, has dispatched the first 100-car container train from the inland Yuzhny Port, an industrial trade zone serviced by the Lyublino-Sortirovochnoye station near Moscow. The train is en route to Khabarovsk-2 station in the Russian Far East and has a scheduled transit time […]
Russia opened a new terminal at Mineralnye Vody International Airport. All domestic flights are now serviced in the new terminal. Mineralnye Vody is located in the Stavropol Territory in the North Caucasus on the Kuma River and the main railway line between Rostov-on-Don and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It is the largest aviation hub […]
The Russia-Afghanistan Business Forum has been held during the Russia-Islamic World Economic Forum in Kazan, with delegations from Russia, Afghanistan and related countries all attending. Participants discussed the prospects for developing transport infrastructure in Afghanistan, as well as the creation of multimodal corridors linking Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and a second route connecting […]
Both the US White House and the Kremlin have confirmed that a telephone conversation is imminent at 5pm today (Moscow time), between Presidents Trump and Putin, mainly to discuss the situation with Ukraine, but also with some hints of talks involving trade. While we will leave the political noise to other outlets to discuss, in […]
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